Where does “tabu” come from?

tabu (Fijian) comes from Proto-Oceanic tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu.

tabu (Fijian): forbidden

Definitions

  1. forbidden

Ancestry of “tabu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanictabu—
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantambu—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantambu—

Words derived from “tabu”

Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu →Every word from Proto-Oceanic tabu →